[3] Shamsur Rahman was born on 6 February 1915 in the village of Mathbati, in what is now Paikgachha Upazila of Khulna District in Bangladesh.
[citation needed] He completed Bachelor of Arts from Islamia College of Kolkata in the year 1939.
[4] He started his profession as the principal of Krishnapur High School[citation needed] in the district of Midnapur at 1939.
[citation needed] Shamsur Rahman, inspired by the political thoughts of Syed Abul A'la Maududi joined Jamaat-e-Islami in the year 1952.
[citation needed] Shamsur Rahman had carried out his duties as organizer in many social and educational institutions.